TALARICO BROS. BLDG. CORP. v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.

No. 21-1354 August Term, 2021.

73 F.4th 126 (2023)

TALARICO BROS. BUILDING CORP., Joseph Lozina, Sr., Joseph Lozina, Jr., John Grace, Philip Palmeri, Mark Schuler, Theresa Schuler, Constantino Argona, Christine Argona, John Raymond, Harold Wade, Walter Michaels, Barbara Michaels, Robert Ward, Betty Moticka, the Wheelhouse, Inc., Thomas Harrison, Deborah Harrison, Gary Ebersole, Dietrick Brothers, Inc., Paul Ziuko, Diane Ziuko, 8001 Buffalo Ave., Inc., 9524 Niagara Falls Boulevard, LLC, Bowlen Enterprises, Ltd., 9540 NFB, LLC, Greater Niagara Building Center, Inc., and Joseph C. Weber, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, Occidental Chemical Corporation, and Bayer Cropscience Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 13, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Horn ( Paul D. Sylvestri and Daniel J. Altieri , on the brief), Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Buffalo, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Matthew L. Bush ( John Ewald , on the brief), King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Union Carbide Corporation.

Kevin M. Hogan and Joshua S. Glasgow , Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Occidental Chemical Corporation.

James Wylie Donald , McCarter & English LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Bayer CropScience Inc.

Before: Jacobs, Nardini, and Robinson, Circuit Judges.


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